We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is?

Theology is unnecessary.

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.

Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.

There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. However bad life may seem, there is always hope.

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.

Not to take this web of dualities as a sign we are on the right track would be a bit like believing that God put fossils into the rocks in order to mislead Darwin about the evolution of life.